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Jeremy Lin
rayallen0:
a bench warmer doing better in his 1st 5 starts than any other player in the history of the nba? :o
Sccit:
^trust me, i'm as happy about Linsanity as anyone, as I picked him up for my fantasy team...
butttt...Mike D'Antoni's system is definitely helpin those numbers out. of course, he's talented, but those numbers are inflated.
Javii:
Let's cut the bullshit too though, Lin would have gone to a Division I school if he was black or white. And he wouldn't have gotten the attention because he wouldn't have to battle his way to a starting role like he did.
Chamillitary Click:
--- Quote from: Javii on February 13, 2012, 07:34:37 PM ---Let's cut the bullshit too though, Lin would have gone to a Division I school if he was black or white. And he wouldn't have gotten the attention because he wouldn't have to battle his way to a starting role like he did.
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Harvard is D-1.
If you mean an elite D-1 school like Duke, UNC, Kentucky, etc., I mean I guess you could always make that argument. But in all reality, not to play sterotypes, but he would have a different role if he was Black or White. White guards in college shoot & Black guards in college drive. I watched Lin at Harvard. He was really good there & deservingly so got drafted.
Javii:
--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click; #TeamBox on February 13, 2012, 07:39:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: Javii on February 13, 2012, 07:34:37 PM ---Let's cut the bullshit too though, Lin would have gone to a Division I school if he was black or white. And he wouldn't have gotten the attention because he wouldn't have to battle his way to a starting role like he did.
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Harvard is D-1.
If you mean an elite D-1 school like Duke, UNC, Kentucky, etc., I mean I guess you could always make that argument. But in all reality, not to play sterotypes, but he would have a different role if he was Black or White. White guards in college shoot & Black guards in college drive. I watched Lin at Harvard. He was really good there & deservingly so got drafted.
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Yeah sorry, a top Division I school. He was a high level high school recruit out of California. And then in College, he was also seen as an elite player but wasn't taken serious because of competition even though advance stats suggested otherwise. It's the "moneyball" effect. People are still wanting to buy players to sell jeans instead of buying players that are actually good. It doesn't matter how they look. 3% of the adult population is taller than 6'2, yet 30% of Fortune 500 CEO's are taller than 6'2. This is just human psychology, and damn straight Jeremy Lin is just another example of this.
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